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Event Description:After the Fire, based on the Pulitzer Prize winning story and NY Times bestseller, tells the inspiring story of freshmen roommates Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, proceeding from the devastating fire through the grueling medical treatment into their life-affirming future. And it is the story of the search for the arsonists—and the elaborate conspiracy that nearly obscured the truth. The film was directed by Emmy winning filmmaker Guido Verweyen. Part of Stony Brook Fire Prevention Week.